NBC canceled Southland and they canceled Trauma. But they're interested in a crime-solving magician.
The network has given the greenlight to a pilot for a new drama that will feature a magician who solves crimes. It will be produced and directed by Jon Amiel and written by NCIS' Dan Fesman. No title yet, but I bet NBC will lean towards something like The Magician (hey, it's sorta like The Mentalist!) instead of something lame like Hocus Pocus or Now You See It or something other magic cliche.
Of course, NBC already had a show called The Magician that was about... a crime-solving magician! I loved this show. It starred Bill Bixby, pre-Hulk. It's the show Mulder was watching when Samantha was kidnapped.
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Why doesn't NBC just remake The Magician?
What the heck is this?
This is the game where we show you a picture from something TV-related and you have to guess what the heck it is.
The screen cap above is from the opening of a short-lived TV show from many years ago. The cuffs might give you a clue. This person got into adventures that most men in his profession never encountered. Answer later tonight.
Joseph Stefano dead at 84
While writer Joseph Stefano is undoubtedly best known for writing the script for the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller Psycho, Stefano also had a television career as well. He was one of the co-creators of the 60s sci-fi/horror anthology series The Outer Limits. He also wrote for other TV projects, including Star Trek: TNG, Swamp Thing, the original TV movie for The Magician and the movies Snowbeast and A Death of Innocence.
Stefano died last Friday in California. No cause of death was announced.
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